It is an Afro-Creole hand drum dance with a set program that dates back to the 18th century. In those days, it was black African slaves who farmed the land. Today, the dance is still popular in some of the island's social clubs.
African dance mainly originated from the primitive tribes of African working people, it is the dance that everyone dances when they are working and resting, usually barefoot, and it is choreographed to imitate the movements of labor and farming. The reason for the formation of African song and dance is the natural life of hunting and labor collection. African working people are very fast and loose, and their character is also very cheerful, African dance has a long history, it is said that as early as 6,000 years ago in the African continent appeared dance. Dance is the oldest, most common, the most important form of artistic expression of the African nation.